Vehicle running-gear



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- J. P. FRY. VEHICLE RUNNING GEAR.

- No. 516,567. Patented Mar. 13 1894.

(No Model.) 2 ,Sh eets-Sheet 2 J. P. FRY. VEHIGLE RUNNING GEAR.

No. 516,567." Patentd Mar. 13, 1894.

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MMZLM UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH F. FRY, OF XVEVER, IOWA. I

VEHICLE RUNNING-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 516,567, dated March13, 1894.

Application filed September 21, 1893. Serial No. 486.143. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. FRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wever, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Metallic Vehicle Running- Gear, of which the,followin g is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in metallic vehicle running-gearsin which the axles are entirely discarded, and in the room duces theoscillating movement of the tongue and the consequentfriction on theanimal, and fourth: I attain a line of draft directly in a line with thecenter of the spindles. I secure these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1. is a topview of the running-gear. Fig. 2. is a rear view of rear truss showingthe method of attaching the tie plates, truss rods, and tie rods to thespindles, showing also the struts and stirrup through which the reachpasses. Fig. 3. is an inside end view of spindle showing the postcontaining the housing for the standard, the shoulder on which the tieplates rest and holes through which the truss rods pass showing also thejaws to which the hounds are bolted and lug to which the tie rods aresecured. Fig. 4. is a side view of gearing, the front bolster shown inthis drawing forming no part of my invention. Fig. 5. is an end view offront struts showing the bolts that hold the two brace rods, said boltspassing through the jaws of the struts, the tie plates and the arms ofthe bolster plate, this View shows also the construction of the foot orbase of the struts, the binding plate that binds the truss rods and tierods securely to the foot or base of the struts. Fig. 6. is the reachplate and section of twist draft bar, this twist draft bar is hinged tothe bolt that passes through the hound and the tongue, and is riveted atits other end to the reach plate, the king bolt passing through both, asection of this twist draft bar is shown in Fig. 5, the dotted linesshowing the bolt that secures the reach plate to the struts the samebolt passing through the reach plate, the struts and the binding plate.Fig. 7. is an end view of the rear struts showing section of reachpassing through stirrup; this stirrup is integral with the reach plate,this reach plate fits closely up to and passes halfway around the fourstruts and is bolted as shown. Fig. 8. is a front view of front strutsshowing section of tie plates, truss rods and tie rods, the section ofbolster shown here forms no part of my invention, the king bolt is shownpassing through the bolster plate, the reach plates, the twist draftbar. Fig. 9 is the tie bar that passes between the four struts and isbolted to the same to prevent them from shifting their position on thetruss rods and tie rods. Fig. 10 is a front view of the rear hounds atthe point where they embrace the reach, showing the flanges thatseparate the hounds from the reach and the half cylindrical form of theouter parts of the bound plate.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout all the views.

The tie plates A are secured to the spindle post. 0, this post has aslanting shoulder upon which the tie plates rest the corner of theplates being cut off to conform to the slant of the shoulder; these tieplates are supported in the centerby the struts S, there being twostruts to the plate or four struts to the truss.

The truss rods D. (of which the best View is given in Fig. 2) passthrough the spindlepost 0,directly underneath the tie plates, and aresecured on the outside of the spindle-post by nuts, these truss rodsslant downward from the spindle-post till they reach the foot or base ofthe struts-S, then pass beneath the struts in a line and .in contactwith the tie rods G. the base of these struts are grooved (as shown inFigs. 5 and 7) and the truss rods fit securely in these grooves, the tierods G. are secured to the spindle-lug w, (the best View of this lug isseen in Fig. 3) at their center the tie rods are held in close contactwith the truss rods by the binding plate 1'. said binding plate beingshown in Figs. 5 and 7,

this binding plate has a groove which is in a line with the groove inthe base of the struts, the tie rod is held in this groove and incontact with the truss rod, this binding plate conforms to the base ofthe struts and is secured to the same with three bolts.

The brace rods m m. (which are shownbest in Fig. 1) are secured at oneend by the bolt that passes through the jaws of the struts, the tieplates, and the arms of the bolster plate, and at the other end by thebolt which holds the brace B. to hound H, the braces n a are secured atone end by the bolt that secures the braces m m, and the other endpasses beneath the hound H and is held by the bolt passing through thehound and the semi-circular brace O, the semi.- circular brace O. andbrace B. show to the best advantage in Fig. 4c the brace B abuts againstthe tieplate and is held by the bolt that holds the tie plates tospindle-post, and at a distance from where it is bolted to the tieplates it is bent at right angles andmeets the hound and is boltedthereto, the semi-circular-brace O. is held by the same bolt that holdsthe brace B. it describes a semi-circle somewhat less than thatdescribed by the hound,.it passes over the reach, and is secured to thebound at a distance from the reach.

The brace rods cl (1, (Fig. 1) are bolted to the under post of thehounds h h, at one end, and to the struts and tie plates at the other,the brace rods 19 b, are bolted to the top part of thehounds h h at oneend and the other end is held by the bolt that holds the tie plates, thestandard, and the standard braces to the spindle post, these standards(Fig. 2) formno part of. my invention, but the method of holding themdoes, this spindle-post (or post-spindle whichever way one might bepleased to call it) contains a housing or mortise, the standard isdriven into this housing to the depth of the tie plates, the bolt passesthrough the standard, the standard braces, the tie plate and holds thebrace b, (Fig. 4) thishousing or mortise is shown best in Fig. 3, thedotted lines in spindle-post 0, showing where the standard is to bedriven in, this spindle-post 0, has the lip L. (Fig. 2.) This lip Lforms the rest for the outside standard brace, the brace being boltedthereto, the stirrup c (Fig. 2) through which the reach F. (Fig. 7)passes is secured between the struts S, the same bolt passing throughthe tie bar '0, (Fig. 9) the binding plate '11, (Figs. 5 and 7,) thebase of the struts and reach plate to which the stirrup c is cast.

The twist draft bar c (Fig. 6) is hinged to the rod that passes throughthe hounds and the tongue and is riveted to the reach plate f, the reachplatef, is secured just above the base of the four front struts 8) thereach plate on without the twist-draft bar attached is shown embracingthe struts just above their center, the king bolt is shown passingthrough section of bolster, the bolster plate,

the two reach plates and twist-draft bar that is riveted to the lowerreach plate, the reach F. (Fig. 4.) plays between these two reach platesand the four struts,the king bolt passing through it.

In Fig. 5 the arms of the bolster plate Z, are shown as they form thecurve and pass down over the jaws of the struts, the bolt that holds thebraces m it pass through the jaws of the struts, the tie plates, and thearms of the bolster-plate Z. The spindlejaws u a. (Fig. 3) to which thehounds are bolted are in a line with the center of the spindle, thespindle-post 0, being above and the spindlelug to, being below them, theends of the hounds h h, and twoof the four bolts that hold them to thespindle-jaws art, are shown in Fig. 2.

The hound plate P (Figs. 1 and 10) is bolted to the hounds at the pointwhere they embrace the reach, the outer parts of the hound-plate P arehalf cylindrical as before stated.

In this running gear the rear and front trusses are duplicates as arethe spindles, the

struts and the binding-plates, in fact I supposethat the two spindles,two truss-rods, two tie rods, two tie plates, two binding plates andfour struts would be considered as forming one truss, the rear and fronthounds are bolted to the spindles in the same manner, all of these partsare dependent upon each other, and mutually contribute to produce oneresult.

Therefore, what I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. The combination in a metallic vehicle running-gear of a tubularconical-spindle having integral therewith the post 0, the jaws to u, andthe lug w, the post 0, containing a housing or mortise in which astandard may be driven and secured, and shoulders upon which the tieplates A rest, substantially as described.

2. In a metallic vehicle running-gear, a tubular conical spindle havingthe post 0, which supports the truss rods D. the lug w, supporting thetie rods G, the jaws to a in a line with the center of theispindle andsupporting the hounds H. h and the lip L at the top of the post 0, whichforms a rest for the standard brace, substantially as described.

3. In a metallic vehicle running-gear the tubular conical spindlesuitably formed for supporting a standard, tie plates, truss rods, ahound and tie rods in combination with the struts S supporting thecenterof the tie plates A, of the stirrup 0, through whichthe reachpasses, said stirrup being integral with the reach plate f. which setsupon the base of the struts and is secured thereto substantially asdescribed.

4:. In a metallic vehicle running-gear the combination with the struts Swhich support the center of the tie plates A, of the stirrup c integralwith the reach plate f. the binding plate 2'. having annular grooveswhich align with the annular grooves in the base of the struts S, saidbinding plate '6 holding the truss rods D and the tie rods G to the baseof the struts substantially as shown and described.

5. In a metallic vehicle running-gear, the struts S supporting thecenter of the tie plates A of the bolster plate Z resting on the tieplates, its arms which are between the tie plates form an angle passdown over the jaws of the struts and is held in position by the boltswhich pass through its arms, the jaws of the struts, the tie plates, andbrace rods m 'n. the opposite end of the brace rods nabbeing secured tothe front and rear part of the hound H. as described.

6. In a metallic vehicle running-gear the combination with the struts S.of the twist draft bar 0 hinged to the tongue bolt at one end and itsopposite end rigidly secured to the reach plate f. the reach plate f.being rigidly secured to the four struts S at their base, the reachplate at. secured to the four struts just above their center, the reachF. playing between these two plates and the four struts, the king bolt,passing through the bolster plate Z, the upper reach plate, the reach,the lower reach plate and twist-draft bar, which is secured to the lowerreach-plate, substantially as shown and described.

7. The combination with a metallic vehicle running gear of the hound Hrigidly secured to the spindle jaws 'ausaid hound at the point ofintersection with the spindle jaws forming a line parallel with thereach, the rear part forming a semicircle passing under the reach, thefront parts being bent inwardly to embrace the tongue hounds, the braceB secured by the bolt passing through the tie plates and spindle postand being bent at a right angle near its center till it embraces thefront part of the hound, the brace 0 whose contour is nearly the same asthat of the rear part of the hound H. passes over the reach and issecured to the hound and to the spindle post, substantially as shown anddescribed.

8. The combination in a metallic vehicle running-gear of the rear houndshrigidly secured at their ends to the spindle jaws u u,

and at their front ends to the hound plate P said hound plate havinginner flanges that separate the hound from the reach and having theouter parts of the plate to conform to the cylindrical hound, of thebrace rods b d. the brace rods 62 secured to the struts and the underpart of the hounds the brace rods 1), secured to the spindle-post andthe upper surface of the hounds all substantially as shown anddescribed.

9. The combination of a metallic vehicle running-gear with a tubularconical spindle having on its inner upper surface a post, on its innercentral surface two jaws, and on its inner lower surface a lug, the postbeing suitably formed to support a standard, two tie plates and twotruss rods, the jaws to support a hound, and the lug to support two tierods the tie plates being supported in their center by struts, reachplates which embrace the struts, the rear reach plate having integraltherewith a stirrup in which the reach plays, binding plates which forcethe truss rods into the annular grooves in the base of the struts andthe tie rods into contact with the truss rods, a front reach platehaving attached to it one end of a twist draft bar, the opposite endbeing hinged to the tongue bolt, an upper reach plate forming the upperbearing for the reach, a bolster plate resting on thefront tie platesand secured thereto, the rods m m bracing the front part of the fronttruss- JOSEPH F. FRY.

Witnesses: GEO. H. WASHBURN E. J. BUFE.

